Abortion Paper

I will be accepting two formats for the Abortion Paper

Debate format.

In this format you essentially have two papers: in one you will defend why abortion should be legal, and in the other why abortion should be illegal. Remember this is a question on the legality of abortion, not a discussion on morality. Also important to notice that religious texts and mandates should not be used as we live in a country whose government is not a theocracy, therefore we have separation of church and state.

Compromising Legislation

Since opinions on the legality of abortion will always vary among the community, perhaps a compromising legislation would be appropriate. Should legislation be punitive or preventive? Does making all abortions against the law diminish their numbers? (is abortion rarer in countries where abortion is illegal?). If abortions still happen in countries where abortion is illegal what are the consequences of this law to public health? If the objective of law is not punitive but preventive, are there countries with lower abortion rates? How they achieve this advantage? Is there variation in abortion numbers within the states in the USA? How do they vary? Is there information to be extracted from those facts that would help us devise pragmatic programs/legislation with the objective of diminishing abortion rates? Is there are correlation between abortion rates, STDs and teen pregnancy rates nationally? Internationally?

For every Idea I want to hear pro and cons arguments

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Category / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / Pro life / Pro choice
Respect for Other Idea / All statements,
and responses
were respectful and were
in appropriate language. / Statements and responses
were respectful and used
appropriate language, but the tone was not. / Most statements and
responses were respectful
and in appropriate
language, but there was
some sarcastic remarks. / Statements,
responses and/or
language
were borderline
appropriate. / Statements,
responses and/or
body language
were consistently
not respectful.
Information / All information presented
in this debate was clear,
accurate and thorough. / Most information
presented in this debate
was clear, accurate and
thorough. / Most information
presented in the debate
was clear and accurate, but
was not usually thorough. / Some information
was accurate, but
there were some
minor inaccuracies. / Information had
some major
inaccuracies OR
was usually not clear.
Counter-arguments / All counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant
and strong. / Most counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant,
and strong. / Most counter-arguments
were accurate and
relevant, but several were
weak. / Some counter
arguments were
weak and
irrelevant. / Counter-arguments
were not accurate
and/or relevant.
Use of
Facts/
Statistics / Every major point was
well supported with
several relevant facts,
statistics and/or examples. / Every major point was
adequately supported with
relevant facts, statistics
and/or examples. / Every major point was
supported with facts,
statistics and/or examples,
but the relevance of some
was questionable. / Some points were
supported well,
others were not. / Every point was
not supported.
Organization / All arguments were
clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and organized in
a tight, logical fashion. / Most arguments were
clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and organized in
a tight, logical fashion. / All arguments were
clearly tied to an idea(premise) but the
organization was sometimes not clear/logical. / Arguments were
not tied well to an
idea. / Arguments were
not tied to an idea
at all.